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carpentry pre-apprenticeship program to provide women with To help remove barriers to participating, the training programs
hands-on skills training. "The program will help women gain also include additional supports such as providing meals
their own financial independence as they contribute to the throughout the training day, transportation to and from
workforce and the prosperity of their communities." training, and support finding childcare.
This funding is part of the government’s investment of up to Conestoga is a provincial leader in the delivery of trades
$26.7 million over three years in 25 local programs across the and apprenticeship training to serve industry needs and the
province that provide career training opportunities for women, growing community. Comprehensive programming includes a
helping them gain the skills, knowledge and experience they wide range of post-secondary trades programs that provide
need to find a job, start a business and achieve financial pathways to employment in skilled trades careers as well
independence. as pre-apprenticeship training and in-school training for
"The Women’s Economic Security Program empowers women apprentices.
to achieve financial independence by breaking down barriers GrandBridge Energy digs deep to
to career training opportunities," said Charmaine Williams,
Associate Minister of Women’s Social and Economic Opportunity help school
during an announcement at the Conestoga Skilled Trades
Campus in Cambridge on Oct. 9.
"I’m proud of our government’s continued support for local,
community-based training programs that help women across
the province reach their full potential and achieve the career
success they deserve."
The Women’s Economic Security Program offers training in
four streams: skilled trades, entrepreneurship, information
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